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LINCOLN TO n. D. wAsHBURHE, Dro n, 1850.
my DEAR SIR: Last night I received
sot, ae soS sr o
ersl, and tell him, oonHdentially. shall be
r hm e be ss Vel g. he
Rsy require st and after h9
SIMON CAMERON TO LINCOLN. JAN. Q, 1861.
II have seen General Scott. who bids me say
will b sa e the s a nsS . SSa
chenan at last has called on. him to see that
Sst For hG Sss
ordered here two companies OF hyi3g artillery,
s sworn Nc w IN e IL.
rioE Is roused' and no viii DO equal to the oo-
HORACE onErIEr TO LINCOLN. DEC. "a, 1850.
hi . ssGs rs ss: e s Gsca ut
undissolved save By their own say 80. guess
sys win have be % PoSn e. sSnaE q, hsn
By. snotheE back doYn Q, the
lot the President DO ase assina tsdSwe can elect
more: let the Rspubllcans be defeated and
wssroy
and nSnE M
again raise our heads. and this country bs-
ss' tfssy were sixty years ago Take any form
LINCOLN TO WIN. KELLOGG. N. O.. rIIrNon. DEC.
| H. 1850.
Entertain no propositioa9 for q comp %e
soa &c bTs s IN
Is t. e again sIys e
than later. You know think the. fugitive
sfnss Il s %dss eSsR
not to be resisted"
| SEWARD TO LINCOLN. DHc. 28. 1860.
II met on Monday my Republican associate:
G be 'n whoe Uom@ttee Ws iSe uaaeimors
consent Of, our section offered thrse PROPOSE;
"n to tSuxS %
Weed. rs understood 1t.
"First,Thst the Copstltution should never
fl, or interfere with slavery in the States
sesondTbse the Fugitive Slave law should
eitive.. This, In opposition to our votes, was
Sss s s ys es Ssz a hs ss
waa voted down By our own v9tes r The com.
fugitive is returned to slavery as whom he is
Our Third resolution was that Congress rec
ommend to all the States to revise their, legis-
other States and 10 repeal ali such laws which
contravene tho Constitution OF the, United
& sss Ss IL
slavery vote Of the committed,
To- day we have had another meeting. I
associates. a fourth proposition. viz. That Con:
gress should pass q law to punish invasiops Of
vasions. but the latter only in the State and
district where the acts OF such completely were
hs S the xq,es o
old sedition, law Of John Hdams's time. and
tho AsEy ny
organization in all its departments, and with
all Its military and naval forces. will stand and
vh 81 nts ssSs
the AZ q March. ssdition viii b sroyins
| weaker and loyalty stronger every day from
the acts Of secession as thoy occur"
| SEWARD TO LINCOLN. DEC. 30. 1860.
AT length have gotten position In which
can see what Is going on IN the e c ,, OF
there are even worse than Is - underssood Tss
President Is debating day, and night on the
Anderson Anderson and surrender Fort Sumter and 20
on srpins the south Plot Is :. io n Mo 10
councils. / could tell you more particularly
than dare write, but you must not imagine
believe me that know what write. In point
OF fact. tho responsibilities o. your Adminis-
LINCOLN TO SEWARD. FEB. 81. 1861.
II say now, however, as have oil the while
said. that on the territorial question-that Is.
the question q extending slavery under the the
eStens ion OF the, Institution on ,soil owned BY
is to acquire territory. and then allow some
sSs some
these prorosed compromises, am agninst 4.
slave trade among the slave States. and what
ever springs Of necessity from tho fast that the
that what is done be comelv and not alto
gether outrageous. Nor do care about New
M StSiSs, ii further extension were hedTed
LINCOLN TO ". 8. sPEER, TENNESSEE. OCT. %. 1860
Il appreciate your motive when you suggest
the pr9priety Of my writing i%E the e public
fere with slaves or Slavery in the States; but
| In my Judgment 1t would do no good. have
already done this many many times: and It Is
who will not read or heed what have already
publicly said would not read Or heed repe,i.
prophets. neither will tho, Be persuaded
| though one rose from the Dead"
LINCOLN TO J. A. oILMER. DEG 10. 1860.
| II have no thought OF recommending the
| abolition OF slavery In the District Of Column
bia, nor the slave trade among the slave Statos.
even on the conditions indicated: and 4 were
| Congress would not follow 1t.
AS to the State laws mentioned In your sixth
| question, really know very little OF them.
mover have read one Il any OF them are In
other part Of tho Constitution. certainly shall
be glad OF their repeal; but could hardly be
| justified. as q citizen OF Illinois, Presl-
| dent OF tho United States. to recommend the
repeal Of statute OF Vermont or South
| Carolina"
LINCOLN TO DUFF GREEN, DEC. 2s. 1860.
my DEAR SIR: I do not desire any amend
ment OF the Constitution, Recognizing. how
ever that questions OF such amendment right.
fully belong to the American people, should
not feel justified nor inclined to withhold from
them II / could u fair opportunity Of expressing
their will thereon through either Of the modes
prescribed In the instrument.
In addition declare that the maintenance
inviOate Of the rights OF the States, and es:
peclally tho right OF each State to order and
to It's own Judgment exclusively Is essential to